AL Central Discussion

[broncosmitty]

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Mariano didn’t fail as a starter until the majors.

5 saves his first two seasons.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Mariano didn’t fail as a starter until the majors.

5 saves his first two seasons.

the comparison as far as i could tell was their first 4 ful lseasons as closers

 

[broncosmitty]

the comparison as far as i could tell was their first 4 ful lseasons as closers

My bad then. Mo sucked pretty bad his rookie as a starter.

 

[bksballer89]

Clase just saved his 4th game in 4 days. His ERA is about 0.6

Clay Holmes could never

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Stakesarehigh]

So close

 

[WiggyRuss]

My bad then. Mo sucked pretty bad his rookie as a starter.

yah its def first full 4 seasons as closers-- I mean the thing says 160 saves for Rivera...lol...so if he only had 5 in two years that would mean 155 in the next 2.

 

[WiggyRuss]

What if Nobody Got To Play the White Sox?

How different would the playoff picture be if we didn’t give the other teams credit for taking advantage of those poor South Siders?

blogs.fangraphs.com

This was kind of funny.

FanGraphs put up an article about if "no one got to play the White Sox".

The Guards would be up 9 on the Twins and 11.5 on the Royals. lol. Twins and Royals are both 11-1 against the White Sox. the Twins would be 4 games over .500 and the Royals would be 1 game under .500.

It’s not the fault of the Twins and Royals that they’ve made the most of their encounters with the White Sox, and we might need to perform some sort of forensic investigation to figure out how the Guardians, who are currently tied with the Dodgers for the best record in baseball, managed to drop five games to Chicago. Still, removing the Central’s favorite chew toy would make the entire American League playoff picture even more fun.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Twins are hot right now. A long way to the playoffs so we will see if they can keep it up through the end of the season. They have a legit shot at the division title

 

[WiggyRuss]

Twins are hot right now. A long way to the playoffs so we will see if they can keep it up through the end of the season. They have a legit shot at the division title

I think it comes down to health with the Twins

when healthy- with how Buxton and Correa have bounced back, and with Miranda developing, and Lewis establishing himself- they have a very scary lineup.

However, it looks like Buxton just got hurt, and Correa has been dealing with an injury, Lewis has dealt with a lot of health issues, and even Miranda has been hurt.

When they have their full lineup it is scary. Julien has looked better since being called back up. Carlos has been good. Willi Castro has been good. Larnach has been pretty steady and Kepler has always been a steady bat.

@mr.hockey4242 --- say all the position players are healthy- what is their ideal lineup?

C- Jeffers
1B- Santana
2B- Julien? Castro? Farmer?
3B. Lewis
SS- Correa
LF- Larnach
CF- Buxton
RF- Kepler
DH- Miranda?



Twins also need Lopez to be an ace with Ryan going down. Ryan is a big loss to a team that was also struggling with SP depth.

 

[Shanemansj13]

So close

It was a hell of a run

 

[Stakesarehigh]

It was a hell of a run